It’s a release that was highly anticipated. On September 13, 2023, subscribers of Netflix were able to discover the mini-series Tapie, retracing the life of Bernard Tapie, died at the age of 78 from cancer in October 2021. Former boss of Adidas and Olympique de Marseille, the businessman had been talked about a lot in recent years, in particular because of his problems with the justice but also debts left to his widow. This fiction, composed of seven episodes, evokes the difficulties he may have encountered over the years but also his love story with Dominique Tapie, his second wife. It was in May 1987 that the two got married, then had two children, Laurent and Sophie Tapie. In the columns of Galaon newsstands Thursday September 21, 2023, the one for whom the former minister left his first wife Michèle Layec made some confidences. The fiction inspired by real events shocked her. “I haven’t slept for three nights,” she declared, specifying that it is “very disturbing”.
Bernard and Dominique Tapie: a close couple for more than 30 years
For the main role of Tapie, Laurent Lafitte was chosen and Dominique Tapie assures that he is a very good actor. “He was able to take on Bernard’s attitudes and intonations. All the actors play very well”she added in the columns of Gala. However, the widow of the businessman wishes to recall an important point: “No amalgamation, it remains a fiction. They started from real facts and embroidered around them. All of my husband’s faults are described in excess.” Dominique Tapie shared the life of Bernard Tapie for 34 years, It was therefore out of the question for Tristan Séguéla not to integrate it into the scenario. According to the person concerned, the director of the fiction represented their relationship well. “Your love story had a big impact on me”he would have confided to him in July 2023.
Dominique Tapie sets the record straight about her role with her husband
Ten years ago, Bernard Tapie refused to have his story adapted for the screen, which impacted his friendship with Tristan Séguéla. For her part, Dominique Tapie was touched by the director’s gesture. “I appreciated that he then came to me to explain his approach and that things calmed down,” she concluded with Gala. Guest of the show Culture Mediaon Europe 1 on September 13, 2023, the widow of Bernard Tapie, however, made different comments. Presented as being at her husband’s side in all his affairs, she wanted to provide an important clarification. “I didn’t feel comfortable in my role at all. At one point I was almost put in charge of business, which is something I’ve never done in my life”then specifying: “Given my situation, “People still need to understand that no, I have never signed or participated in any way in my husband’s companies.”